I have not gotten any busy signals all season for anyone I have voted for.

Really? In all the years I've voted, I frequently get busy signals. I have never voted and avoided getting a single one.

11-10-2009, 02:33 PM

Bloomers

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I don't understand why people think Kelly is a "favorite." I don't see it. I have not seen the judges gushing over her. They have been pretty critical of her actually.

Prominent, significant comments have been made concerning Kelly's "growth" throughout the season both by the judges and the message board fans. The fans on here, especially, have noted repeatedly how different and more mature she is now than when she was on the Osborne reality show. Particularly at the beginning, people had difficulty believing it because the change was so tremendously remarkable.

As for the judges, I do feel that she is at least a bit of a favorite when I compare how they note her faults to others' faults, especially some of them in the past. They praise her well and then rather off-handedly almost point out something she did wrong whereas when others have done things wrong, the judges have often figuratively ripped a piece off of them with harsh, sarcastic, or sometimes almost crude remarks.
Although I do NOT condone that kind of judgment or treatment, I would have to say that in comparison, what Kelly receives is a bit preferential.

11-10-2009, 02:48 PM

Peacheater

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If one carefully looks at what is behind the judge's comments, I think one can see that their comments are not about her dance performance or her dance ability. They are trying to build her self-esteem, something of a parental role in my opinion, but a necessary think to keep her fragile psyche in the game. I've heard nothing in the judges' commentary which tells me they are seeing her as an exception dancer, just nice words with a comforting intent. In fact, after her mother's brash remarks about tonight's guest singer, I think they were letting Kelly know they value her as a person and part of the DWTS family -- irrespective of her mother.

In my opinion, Kelly has peaked as a ballroom dancer, and I don't expect additional noticeable growth during the next two weeks. She should be very proud of how far she has come, but she is not in the same league a a couple of other remaining dancers. She should celebrate her achievement and have fun as long as she can.

11-10-2009, 03:04 PM

Bloomers

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If one carefully looks at what is behind the judge's comments, I think one can see that their comments are not about her dance performance or her dance ability. They are trying to build her self-esteem, something of a parental role in my opinion, but a necessary think to keep her fragile psyche in the game. I've heard nothing in the judges' commentary which tells me they are seeing her as an exception dancer, just nice words with a comforting intent. In fact, after her mother's brash remarks about tonight's guest singer, I think they were letting Kelly know they value her as a person and part of the DWTS family -- irrespective of her mother.

In my opinion, Kelly has peaked as a ballroom dancer, and I don't expect additional noticeable growth during the next two weeks. She should be very proud of how far she has come, but she is not in the same league a a couple of other remaining dancers. She should celebrate her achievement and have fun as long as she can.

She has noted that she comes from a strange family. Her father bit the head off a bat at a concert. I would call that bizarre. Although she may (and most likely does) have issues, she appears to be coping very well in spite of the family in which she was raised.
She has said her family is a loving family, and she herself appears to be very affectionate.

I agree that she has topped out. Although she seems well liked, she hasn't made it to the top of the major voter polls. When a star is consistently in the middle to the end, they usually are very lucky to make it to F4.

11-10-2009, 04:09 PM

Rattus

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She has noted that she comes from a strange family. Her father bit the head off a bat at a concert. I would call that bizarre.

For the record, a fan threw the bat on stage, Ozzy thought it was rubber and got into the spirit of things. It turned out to be real and he needed to go through a course of rabies shots.

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I have not gotten any busy signals all season for anyone I have voted for.

I tried voting for Aaron throughout the run of the show (I promised that I would) and didn't get through once - nothing but busy.

11-10-2009, 05:30 PM

Tin Frizzy

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Even though I don't like being part of an expirment and realizing my "personal" votes do not count, I voted for Kelly and Donny. Like them both more than anyone else. I guess it's their attitudes and willingness to try and learn that I like most about both of them.:nod

11-11-2009, 12:28 PM

LuvThisStuf!

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Even though I don't like being part of an expirment and realizing my "personal" votes do not count, I voted for Kelly and Donny. Like them both more than anyone else. I guess it's their attitudes and willingness to try and learn that I like most about both of them.:nod

Yes, they're my favorites as well and I wasn't expecting to like them so much in the beginning! Donny has really grown on me. In addition to being a great entertainer, I think he's grown as a dancer (Kym is an amazing choreographer), and they both come across as such likeable people. And Kelly is just a delight. She is so not a dancer, but has tried so hard over the past months.

I don't usually vote until well into the season and have only started voting for Kelly recently. Is there a limit on # of votes per celebrity or # of votes to the show? Could I vote the max # of votes for Kelly and then start voting for Donny? I've never wanted to split my votes before.

11-17-2009, 02:09 AM

karalott

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As of right now, Vote #1 has Donny and Mya out in the lead, with Joanna in a distant fourth and Kelly in a somewhat comfortable third place. In their other voting polls asking what female won't make the finals, who shouldn't make the finals, and who was the least entertaining, Joanna scored first in all of those.

DI has Joanna in the bottom, with Donny in a slight lead in 3rd over her. Tomorrow should be interesting. However, I'm still betting on Donny or Kelly leaving :(

11-17-2009, 03:22 AM

MFWalkoff

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Sensing this kind of outcome, I sent all my online votes Joanna's way tonight. I'm not enough of a fan of any of the others to ignore the fact that she doesn't deserve to go home yet. ;)

11-17-2009, 03:59 AM

karalott

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Personally, I think a Joanna/Donny/Kelly finale would be more entertaining and competitive. I can't say I'd miss Joanna, but I'd rather Mya go than her. I don't know about the accuracy of DI this season, but Vote #1 has only gotten it wrong twice that I can recall (with Louie and Natalie).

I gave all my votes to Donny. I'll be bummed if Kelly goes, but I just feel like fanbase wise he might have a better chance of beating the two girls in the finale. Assuming the judges haven't already given the trophy to Mya :riiight

Normally this part of the season rushed right by. This week and next week are dragging on.